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"Thank you." Qianben Xiaxi showed a smile that was uglier than crying, "I am so touched, Sonoko, and Xiaolan, how did you do it?! My popularity is much worse than that of Yusaku Kudo, Why does he only have 15 votes and I have [-]?!"

"It means that there are a lot of readers who love you!" Suzuki Sonoko hooked Qianben Xiaxi's arm, put his head on her shoulder, and smiled like a sister, "Xiaxi, do you like our gift?"

"So are you guys swiping my ticket for me, Yuanzi?" Qianben Xiaxi looked sideways at her.

"Ah, cough..." Suzuki Sonoko blinked. Although it's not good to swipe tickets, she really hopes that her friends can hold a signing event. It must be great. "I bought a lot of magazines with Xiaolan and Conan, and filled them out for you. But I was afraid that it would not be enough, so I asked someone to print a lot..."

"How much did you pay?" Qian Benxia Xi's mouth twitched slightly.

Suzuki Sonoko stretched out a hand, "This number?"

Qianben Xiaxi choked for a while, "Fifty thousand?"

Suzuki Sonoko nodded, then shook his head again, "Including me and Xiaolan Conan, the total is [-]... Ahem, I don't think it's a lot."

Well, not a lot...

"Thank you, Yuanzi." Qianben Xiaxi was about to faint from suffocation, and this guy Yuanzi secretly voted [-] votes for her!You must know that Mr. Kudo Yusaku's total votes were only [-], and Sonoko won [-] for her on his own! !

"Then do you like it? We have been preparing for a long time." After Suzuki Sonoko finished speaking, he and Mao Lilan looked at her with a smile, waiting for her answer expectantly.

"Yeah, I like it." Qian Ben Xia Xi gritted her teeth and said, she was really touched.[-] votes were cast by hand, of course she knew how laborious it was, and she was really moved.but……

"I like it very much, thank you so much, it's just..."

"What is it?" Suzuki Sonoko asked suspiciously, "Xia Xi, why does your complexion look bad?"

It's no wonder it works!

Qianben Xia Xi sighed, and said bitterly, "That's right, I haven't updated it for a long time, and I'm afraid I'll be beaten to death by readers who urged me to update it on the day of the signing."

Suzuki Sonoko: ...

Mao Lilan: ...

Conan who was standing in the corner and watching secretly:)

"Ahem, Xia Xi..." Suzuki Sonoko let go of Xia Xi's arm and coughed twice in embarrassment.She really forgot about this question. After all, she still likes romance novels more than infinite horror, so she hasn't chased them for a while, and she doesn't know about Xia Xi's breakup.She blinked innocently, and said in a low voice, "Aren't you very skilled, readers should not be able to beat you?"

Qianben Xiaxi: ...

Readers can't beat her, but a single spit can drown her.Besides, among her readers, there are also dangerous people in the organization, such as her boss... Hehe.

But how does that make her say?

"Hey, I told you to update well." Conan said suddenly gloating, "If you don't update, it's miserable now."

Feeling that she was doing something bad with good intentions, Xiaolan raised her hand and gave Conan a fried chestnut on the head, "Conan, how can you say that about sister Xia Xi?"

"Ahem, why don't I put on makeup for you on the day of Xia Xi's signing event! Make sure no one will recognize you!" Suzuki Sonoko also knew that this was a bit embarrassing, so he suggested, "If you want to come, readers can't beat you." You, as long as the signing meeting is over, you take off your makeup and leave, no one will know that it's you! What's my idea?!"

"Well, it's a good idea." Qianben Xiaxi was actually thinking about how to keep her vest, and the best way was of course to change her face.But besides her editor, the three people in front of her knew her real person and pseudonym.

If she used her perfect camouflage tool, Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan would be fine. The big deal is that she is good at disguise and won't think too much.But Conan is different. He will definitely think more and deeper, and even combine the previous details, and the feeling when he intuited that she is a member of the black organization, to doubt and even lock her again.

After all, Conan is the protagonist of this world, and many times clues are sent to him in such an unreasonable way, and the risk of exposure is very high.

If that's the case, then she might as well skip the autograph event directly, or just don't want the vest, at worst, she'll have a fight with Gin.

Of course, she still had to keep her vest. She felt that she could still struggle a little longer.Therefore, she wanted Conan's mother to help her change her appearance.

Qianbenxiaxi vaguely remembers that Conan, that is, Kudo Shinichi's mother, Kudo Yukiko, learned Yirong together with Belmode, and the teacher is from the same school, and the craftsmanship is also very exquisite.

But she couldn't talk directly to Conan about it, after all, she didn't know Conan's real identity on the surface.So this matter has to be rounded. When Yuanzi suggested makeup just now, she directly agreed.

"Then let's start now?!" Suzuki Sonoko's character is the kind of energetic girl who carelessly thinks about what to do, or the kind of full-fledged action. "Xiao Lan, I remember that your house seems to have cosmetics?"

"Well, wait, my mother seems to have a set of unused cosmetics that someone gave her that has been kept here." Mao Lilan thought for a while, "I'll look for it."

"Xia Xi, let me think about how to make up for you." Suzuki Sonoko rubbed his chin and thought, "Actually, it's very convenient for you to pretend to be a boy at your height, Xia Xi."

"No." Qianben Xiaxi shook his head, "I've been calling readers little angels and cute when I'm talking, and I'm a very young girl when I talk. Many readers probably know that I'm a girl."

"Haha, I know that!" Suzuki Sonoko laughed suddenly, "You have a reader called 'Gin', who said he was about to throw up when you called him a little angel haha, I laughed so hard, but you called him a little angel the next day. Cute, you did it on purpose, Xia Xi."

Qianben Xiaxi blinked innocently, "Why, he won't let me be called 'Little Angel', so I'll be called 'Little Cute'."

"Hahaha, I don't believe it." Suzuki Sonoko winked and said, "But he is a local tyrant, and he keeps giving you rewards. Don't you have the heart to develop some epic love story?"

"Yuanzi, have you read too many romance novels recently?" Qianben Xiaxi smiled, "There is no need to develop, that reader has a bad temper after reading it."

"It's okay, Conan didn't help you." Suzuki Sonoko snickered, "I also left a message for you, do you know who I am?"

"I know, I know, Mariko Mihuacho, I guessed right?" Chimoto Natsuki blinked.

"Oh, it's really boring." Suzuki Sonoko was disappointed when he realized that he had been guessed right away.

Just as the two were communicating about the funny incident in the comment area, Mao Lilan finally came out of the room. She was still holding a large cosmetic box in her hand, and said with a smile, "Look, is this okay, Yuanzi?" .”

"Ah, that's great!" Suzuki Sonoko walked over to take the cosmetic box, rolled up his sleeves and said, "It's time to show my talents."

Two 10 minutes later...

"Are you painting Halloween makeup?" Conan twitched slightly, "Why is sister Xia Xi's face painted like a ghost by you, isn't it a little too white?"

"But doesn't this fit her pen name very well?" Sonoko Suzuki gave Conan a hard look and said, "I think it's very pretty, like a zombie bride! It also fits well with the horror atmosphere in her novels!"

Suzuki Sonoko turned around and asked Mao Lilan a little unconvinced, "Xiaolan, tell me, how is my painting? Is it suitable for the occasion, and I can't recognize myself again?"

"Well, this is really... so white that it shines." Mao Lilan said awkwardly, "It is indeed a scary atmosphere. But..."

"But what?" Suzuki Sonoko said with her arms akimbo, "Xiao Lan, you have to tell the truth."

"But..." Mao Lilan whispered under the stare of her best friend, "It's just a little too scary... Will it scare other readers?"

In fact, she didn't think it was pretty either. Her face was as white as a zombie, and her lipstick was still black and purple. She really... couldn't appreciate it, it was too scary, and she was rather timid.

The most important thing is that drawing Xia Xi's beautiful face like this is really... Mao Lilan didn't know what to say for a while.

She felt that Sonoko's aesthetics were a little strange.

"Look, haha, it will look like a ghost." Conan sneered, "If you scare a few timid readers to death, sister Xia Xi will be in trouble."

"What nonsense, how can a timid person read Xia Xi's novels." Suzuki Sonoko pouted, "Then how do you improve?"

"Even if it doesn't scare the readers, what if some readers see such an ugly author and stop following the article in the future." Conan complained, "Then it's better not to hold a signing event, at least keep a little bit of it." Mystery."

"Then what to do, what do you say?!" Suzuki Sonoko put down the makeup brush in his hand and said angrily.

"Is it really that ugly?" Qianben Xiaxi picked up the mirror curiously at this time, and a grimace that was so white and glowing touching black and purple lipstick appeared in front of him. "Well, it's okay, it really fits the occasion, even ghosts can't recognize me."

Seeing Xia Xi herself boasting about her skills, Suzuki Sonoko seemed to have finally met a confidant. "Let me just say, hello Xia Xi, unlike some brat who complains when he doesn't come up with an idea."

"Haha." Qianben Xiaxi put down the mirror with a smile, "But I'm really worried about scaring others. If it's really not good, I'd better not go to this signing event..."

"No, no." Suzuki Sonoko shook his head quickly, "This is your great opportunity. I have spent so much effort, you have to go."

"That's right, so what should I do." Qianben Xiaxi sighed and looked at Conan and said, "You don't usually have a lot of ideas, what's your opinion?"

She just said that she couldn't go, it was just a casual handicraft, just like what Yuanzi said just now, they spent so much effort to help her get the opportunity, if she didn't go, it would really disappoint the other party's heart, and she felt very sorry.

"If it doesn't work, I'll ask Xinyi if he has any good solutions." Mao Lilan took out his mobile phone and was about to send a message to someone.

Conan was startled, and quickly said, "Ah, in fact, I have already contacted brother Xinyi just now, he does have someone who knows a lot of disguises who can help sister Xia Xi's disguise."

"Really, that's great." Mao Lilan said happily, but at the same time she was a little disappointed. Xinyi hadn't contacted her for a long time.

Conan on the side saw Xiaolan's disappointed expression, and instantly knew what she was thinking, and immediately felt apologetic and guilty.

"Really, Conan?" Qianben Xiaxi's eyes lit up, she had been waiting for this sentence for a long time.Seeing her excitedly, she said, "Is that going to change my face very much, can it turn me into a completely different person?"

"Of course." Conan blinked, his mother's disguise is super powerful.

So early the next morning, Qianben Xiaxi came to Dr. Ali's house as promised.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Conan's parents, Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo, who were already waiting for her arrival.

Of course, she shouldn't know that it was Kudo Yukiko who helped her change her appearance, so she pretended to be surprised and said, "You are not... a detective mystery novelist, Mr. Kudo Yusaku?!"

"Yes, it's me." Kudo Yusaku smiled and stretched out his hand, "I've known you for a long time, 'white to shine', your novel is very good."

Qianben Xiaxi blinked, but now she was a little surprised.

I saw that she also extended her hand and shook the other party, "Have you read my novel?"

"Of course, I voted for you." Kudo Yusaku smiled and blinked.

When Qianben Xiaxi heard about the voting, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"You didn't vote for me a lot, did you?" When she said the word 'a lot', she especially emphasized the sound.

Kudo Yusaku laughed, "It's not a lot, but it's only [-] to [-] votes."

Hearing this, Qianben Xiaxi couldn't help but let go of the hand he was holding, and then let go, showing a loveless smile.

The good guy has solved the case, and there is actually someone who secretly cheated on her.

She never expected that she swiped the other party, and the other party swiped her, and each swiped [-], which completely canceled out.

Plus those votes from my boss...

The more I think about it, the more I feel suffocated, no wonder she has a full 15 votes, that's how she came here!

At this moment, Kudo Yusaku looked at the hand he had just withdrawn, the deep red mark, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

This girl named 'White to Glowing' is really strong.

"Come on, let me introduce you." Kudo Yusaku pointed to Kudo Yukiko beside him and said, "My wife Yukiko, she will help you disguise."

"Hello, my name is Qianben Xiaxi, please give me your advice." Qianben Xiaxi looked at Conan's mother with a smile, "I'm sorry to trouble you today."

"Call me Yukiko, Xia Xi." Kudo Yukiko is a beautiful lady who knows herself, with long chestnut hair that is naturally curly, and she smiles young and cute. "Where's Conan? Go and pour tea for Xia Xi. Oh, by the way, Xia Xi, do you want black tea or coffee?"

"Black tea, thank you." Only then did Qianben Xiaxi realize that Conan had walked over from the back room at some point, and went to the kitchen to make tea for her with a reluctance.

"Your black tea." Conan put the tea on the tea table in front of her and said, "This is Brother Shinichi's parents, just tell them the shape you want."

"Yeah, Xia Xi, do you have any ideas?" Yukiko Kudo also took a sip of the black tea her son made, and said with a smile. "Actually, it's more suitable for you to disguise yourself as a boy. Your facial features are beautiful and heroic. You belong to that kind of neutral appearance, and you are still very malleable."

"Your disguise is just a fake face, does it have anything to do with what her facial features look like?" Conan couldn't help complaining about his mother.

"It doesn't matter, the facial features are there, I also need to make a face that suits her according to her original appearance." Kudo Yukiko said scientifically, "Even if it is a fake face, if it is completely different, it is still easy for people to see that it violates harmony. Therefore, in order to look natural, you must use a face that suits her facial features. But Xia Xi, your own thoughts are also very important, so I want to hear your opinions. "

"Actually, I just want to be neither too ugly nor very beautiful, just a face that people can't remember." Qianben Xiaxi thought for a while and made her request, "Of course the main purpose is to get closer to me. The less unlike the better."

"I understand." Yukiko Kudo smiled and squinted her eyes very understandingly, "After all, people who want to change their appearance don't want to be recognized by others. But it's a bit difficult for a public face, let me think about it."

"Excuse me." Qian Ben Xia Xi thought for a while and said again, "By the way, if possible, can I have two faces?"

"Ah?" Kudo Yukiko was taken aback, and then laughed out loud, "Xia Xi, you are so cute, and you... well, do you have little angels who are so afraid of you?"

Did she really ask Xia Xi to make two faces before she arrived first? Was it because she was afraid that one would not be safe enough?

"So you also read my novel? Hey, just in case." Qian Benxia Xi rubbed his nose sheepishly, "After all, I haven't updated it for a long time."

"So when do you plan to update?" Kudo Yusaku on the side joked leisurely drinking black tea, "If you go any further, two faces won't be enough."

"Ahem, I will definitely update it before the signing event." Qianben Xiaxi coughed twice, "Then you are in trouble, Xizi."

"You're welcome, just leave it to me on the day of the signing."

……

That afternoon, right after leaving Dr. Ali's house, Qianben Xiaxi received an email from the editor, asking her to go to the office of the editorial department, saying that she wanted to chat with her about the signing event.

So after she finished her meal, she went directly by car to the editorial department office, and met her editor, Uesugi Mi, who was the one who said 'must eat sweet rice dumplings'.

"Miss Xia Xi, I came to you this time to talk about the signing event, you should know." Uesugi smiled and said, "First of all, congratulations."

"Well, I got it, thank you." Qianben Xiaxi twitched the corner of her mouth, "So the time has already been set?"

"Yes, next Saturday." Uesugi glanced at the document in her hand and said, "The address is in the Mihua Department Store in Mihua Town, the lobby on the first floor will be arranged as a booth for the signing event. The time is nine in the morning It's eleven o'clock, you should be free, right?"

"Well, I'm free." Qianben Xiaxi nodded, "Do you need me to do anything?"

"No, no, you just need to be responsible for signing readers and shaking hands." Uesugi said suddenly in a low voice, "Of course, for the sake of your life safety, do you want to update two chapters first in these two days?"

Qianben Xiaxi: ...

Sure enough, everyone was afraid that she would be beaten to death by readers, and so was she.

Qianben Xiaxi coughed twice and said, "I see, I will update."

"That's good, that's good." Uesugi patted her chest when she heard that, as if she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, that's right." Qianben Xiaxi said suddenly, "I will go there in disguise that day, and I will tell you in advance."

"Ah? Ah!" Uesugi was surprised, "You know how to disguise yourself."

"No, but I asked someone to help me change my appearance." Qianben Xiaxi smiled, "Of course it is for the sake of my life safety. You should understand if you want to edit, right?"

"Understood." Uesugi nodded her head, she really understood too much, she was just afraid that if something happened to the other party at the signing meeting, they would be unlucky too.

They originally initiated this event, but they never thought that the winner of the first vote would be "White to Shine". No matter how you think about it, it should be Mr. Yusaku Kudo.

So if they know in advance that it is "white enough to shine", they really have to think about it carefully. After all, it has been suspended for so long. Isn't the signing event the best opportunity for readers to remind readers on the spot? !

I hope nothing will happen that day, Uesugi thought with some worry.

……

At the same time, in a black Porsche 356A a few streets away, Vodka put down his phone and turned to look at Gin beside him.

"Brother, I got the news." Vodka said, "The signing will be next Saturday, from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-]. The venue is the first floor of Mihua Department Store in Mihua Town."

Gin played with the gun in his hand, biting his cigarette and looking out the window, "Got it."

"Brother, there are so many people over there, it may not be easy to start." Vodka asked worriedly, "I didn't expect that this signing will be indoors."

"The weather has been bad recently, and it's very likely to rain next Saturday." Gin put down his gun and said with a smile, "But it's just right, after the autograph session is over, we can use the umbrella to cover us and directly do it in the parking lot."

"Understood, brother, when will I come?" Vodka asked.

Just an author, Vodka felt that he was overqualified by trying to catch the other party.But he didn't want to see the corner of his elder brother's mouth curled up when he heard the words, and refused.

"No." Qin Jiu smiled while biting a cigarette, "I will do it myself."